#233E72#233E72

#233E72 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.095 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#233E72
RGB	rgb(35, 62, 114)
HSL	hsl(219, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(219, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 45.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 8.42, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 34.13, 284.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% -0.013 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.095 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4520, 5.0170, 16.5974)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#233E72 #725723

analogous

#236672 #233E72 #302372

triadic

#233E72 #72233E #3E7223

tetradic

#233E72 #722366 #725723 #237230

square

#233E72 #722366 #725723 #237230

split-complementary

#233E72 #723023 #667223

monochromatic

#070D17 #152543 #233E72 #3157A1 #4874C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#233E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#233E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #233E72

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##233E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##233E72	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #233e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 62, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.095 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#67729b',
    500: '#233e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #233e72;
$custom-light: #67729b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#233e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.494,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37155,
    "c": 0.09534,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#233E72

secondary

#A5874C

accent

#AB4BDC

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBECF2

border

#C6C7CC

text

#07080E

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #233E72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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